RE: [DML] Doing the sums on Don Steger's chrome wheels.

[Dick Ryan <deloreanbiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am running Don's chrome wheels on my car.  They cost
me $800 exchange. (You get your core charge back - the
rims cost $800!!!! ) Price from other vendors for
"resurfacing/polishing" 4 rims was almost identical.  


My rims look awesome and I consider it money well
spent.  

Replacement grooved hoods are rare, with or without
gas cap flaps. Be prepared to dig very deep if thatis
what you must have. D
For what it is worth, I have ordered parts from don,
Rob and Houston.  I have never noticed any difference
in the service.  It has all been good.  

Dick Ryan  



--- Video Bob <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't feel like breaking all this down again....
> So I won't.
> All I know is that if you decide to get these rims,
> be prepared to blow some 
> change.
> You can buy some really nice custom 17" rims for
> this sort of money.
> I think that if there is someone out there who does
> CNC custom rims, who can
> make some 17" Rims that look like the factory rims,
> that would be awesome.
> 
> About Don, I haven't made up my mind about those
> guys yet.
> They don't have a very tight ship.
> Unless you call him on his cell phone, you won't get
> much done by email.
> When I order from Houston or PJ Grady, the stuff
> shows up immediatly but the 
> stuff I ordered
> from Don took it's sweet ol' time.
> 
> As many of you know I had wrecked my car and needed
> a hood.
> I have been talking to about everyone for a hood but
> it seems no one wants 
> to commit to selling me one. These grooved hoods are
> made out of friggin 
> gold I guess.
> They ain't making you any money leaning against the
> wall of your shop.
> 
> Anyway, Don offered me a grooved hood for $2000.00.
> I countered with an offer of $1500.00 total
> including shipping and he 
> replied back with
> e-mail saying "that would be fine".
> I called him on the phone to confirm and he said it
> would go out the next 
> day.
> The next day came and he called me around 6PM to
> tell me that he had spent 
> all day
> cleaning and re-surfacing it, having it crated and
> waiting for the shipper.
> He said that he didn't notice that HE was too pay
> the shipping (even though 
> I confirmed it
> with him by email and phone) but I guess he wasn't
> paying attention to it.
> He wanted me to pay an additional $175 for the
> crate, and $290 for the 
> shipping.
> Of course I disputed it, but we agreed that we would
> split the bill.
> (Even though we had a previously agreed price of
> $1500 total).
> Then he calls me back again to tell me that he would
> rather not sell the 
> hood at all.
> It also slipped out that he had another customer who
> wanted it anyway.
> He wanted to get more money for it from someone
> else.
> Basically, he took a crappy hood and cleaned it up
> so nice he changed his 
> mind I guess.
> That's like the chef eating your dinner because it
> looked so good.
> Thanks a lot!
> So I got to asking him about some other hoods, and
> he claimed to have some 
> others I might want and that he would "call me right
> back"....it has been 
> two days and nothing.
> I stressed at how important the hood was to me
> because I needed it for St. 
> Patricks Day
> Parade in Dallas.
> 
> To be honest, everyone has sort of done this to me.
> Rob Grady had a hood he was going to sell me, but
> only if I bought ALL of 
> the replacement
> parts for my car from him as well as give him all of
> my wrecked parts.
> When I didn't go for that, the hood suddenly was not
> for sale?
> Well, that's not totally true, he did have one for
> $3000.00 which may be a 
> good deal
> but was out of my budget.
> 
> Rich had one, but has been too busy to get to it.
> 
> Oh well, it looks like I will be stuck with a flat
> hood from Houston until I 
> find a grooved hood or a gas-flap hood.
> 
> If anyone has one for a decent price let me know.
> 
> - VB

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